The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-11

same week were 236,0S7 bales and for 1889
they were 2l0,0I0 bales.
The increase in the amount in sight Fri
day night, as compared with last year, is
102, 952 bales, the increase rs compared with
1885 is 35l ,513 bales, and the increase over
1884 is 382, $50 bales.
The weatherrepor of the Chronicle in
dictate that the weather has been dry and eX-
ceedingly favorable to crop gathering during
the week, Marketing is also making rapid
progress.
The Chronicle says that the speculation
in cotton for future delivery at this market
has shown much strength throughout most
of the week under review, the chief cXcep-
ton being decline Of a few points on Sat
urday last. IN the course of Monday to
Thursday, inclusive, there was a slight but
steady advance, on the belief that the crush
OF new cotton to market is about to cease
lat least in comparison with former years.
and that prices were on a safe basis for
operations for the rise
Reduced crop estimates from Texas and
adverse crop accounts from Memphis have
been published in the daily papers, with the
effect of stimulating the demand to cover
contracts and better reports from Liverpool
on Wednesday and Thursday also favored
the ''bull'' party. The business was largely
for the winter months, and the close Thurs
day evening was Ja9 points above the prev
io,ts Friday.
Friday the market was very unsettled, but
made some further advance in the later
dealings. Cotton on the srot met with only
a limited demand for home consumption,
and although stocks were still small, quota
tions were reduced ice. OF Monday. To
day the market was dun and weak at 8 7-l6c.
for middline uplands
The Chronicle has an interesting review
of the cotton consumption and overland
movement for September. AS is we'll
known, the present crop began to move to
the outport5 earlier and in larger volume
than any preceding ii, and naturally, there
fore, the shipments by rail have also been
quite free. IN fact, the gross movement
during the month greatly exceeds that for
September In either Of the two previous
years, and is, moreover, heavier than for
the opening month of any other season in
cuded III our record The total for the
month is ~, l78 bales, an increase over 1886
on %, 0jG bales, while the gain III comparison
with 1885 teaches 1882 bales. The
heaviest movement in September Of any
year previous to the present one was in
1881, when the gross total reached AZ, SG2
bales and the net 80, 500 bales,
All the railroads, except those crossing
the Mississippi at Hannibal, have benefited
f,tsj
cinhat Southern and the Louisville, Cincin-
natl and Lexington have, however, made
the most important gains. In the net move
mont there is also a decided excess over pre-
ccding seasons, the total for September this
year being 81, lG2 bales, against 0,635 bales
last year and %, $40 bales in 1852
Never before has so much cotton reached
The outports during the first month Of The
cotton season as during the present year.
Compared with last year tie increase is
205,573 bales (ahout s. per cent?, in which
all the southern ports share, but, strangcto
say, Galveston TO only slight extent. This
would seem to indicate that a greater pQr-
ton than in former years OF Texas cotton
las gone direct TO New Orleans Foreign
exports have been on a very liberal scale
during the month, exceeding those for Sep
TENDER year ago by 1924 bales and re-
cording gain over the similar month OF
1885 OF 1874 ASA bales.
The amount of cotton marketed during
September, 1887, is thus seen 80 be 3ls, 400
bales more than in tseG, and POI $3.50 bales
more than in 1889 Northern spinncrs
had up TO October I taken Iii ,2iG bales, an
increase over the corresponding period in
1856 OF 53,3S3 bales, and am increase over
the same time in 1885 of 1,3l5 bales
The movement during September OF the
present year is $50, 58l bales more than in
iSSd, and 32S SIT bales greater than in 1850.
The movement up to October 1 shows n de-
crease in the average weight as compared
with the same period in the last two years.
the average this year being 493.1S lbs. per
bale, against 502.0i lbs. per bale for the
same time In 1856 aud f0o34 lbs in 1855.
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